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Comparison table of North American ski resorts Resort name and website Nearest city State/province Peak elevation (ft) Base elevation (ft) Vertical drop (ft) Skiable acreage Total trails Total lifts Avg annual snowfall (in) Adult weekend lift ticket window price (USD) Date statistics updated Ski Bromont: Bromont: Quebec: 1,854 590 1,264 450 141 ...
Vail Ski Resort is a ski resort in the western United States, located near the town of Vail in Eagle County, Colorado. At 5,289 acres (8.3 sq mi; 21.4 km 2 ), it is the third-largest single-mountain ski resort in the U.S., behind Big Sky and Park City , [ 1 ] featuring seven bowls and intermediate gladed terrain in Blue Sky Basin .
Colorado offers many ski resorts. The following table compares their various sizes, runs, lifts, and snowfall: ... Vail: Vail: 5,317 11,570 8,120 3,450 195 31 354 ...
Austria’s Kitzbuhel, home of the infamous Hahnenkamm downhill ski race, has been snow farming since 2015 and uses it to prepare piste No. 71 (Resterkogel) for early-season skiing.
Ski resorts (and other venues that issue tickets) commonly use a wicket to secure the ticket (called a "ticket wicket"), a short piece of light wire which loops through the ticket holder's clothing or backpack. The ticket wicket was invented by Killington Ski Resort employee Martin S. "Charlie" Hanley, in 1963, and given its name by his wife Jane.
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Bear Mountain officials said they've spent about $10.2 million on the new Midway lift, which replaces the now-departed chairlifts 1, 2 and 5 in the resort's central base area.
Vail's first resort on the East Coast of the United States. [23] Vail Ski Resort: Vail, Colorado: 31 1962 December 15 — The third-largest ski resort in the United States. Whistler Blackcomb: Whistler, British Columbia, Canada: 37 1966 January 15 2016 August 8